We all experience coincidences, whether they be receiving a text from a friend just as you were thinking about them or discovering that someone has the same birthday as you. Oftentimes, we dismiss these moments off as pure chance. But sometimes, they feel *different —* they feel *meaningful*.

So, what is it that makes these moments feel meaningful, exactly? Are they simply products of our pattern-seeking minds? Why have there been so many examples of cultures who have tried to make sense of these eerie moments by invoking a deeper order? Do we project magic and synchronicity into the world? Or could these moments be telling us something?

In this café, we’ll explore how we create, perceive and share meaning out of events that seem to have no immediate explanation. Whether you view coincidence as an entirely probabilistic phenomenon, one that reveals something hidden about the universe, or just simply a poetic experience, coincidence raises profound questions about how we make sense of uncanny experiences — and what that says about the human condition.

Come and explore this further with moderators Jla Starr Johnson and Sofia Panasiuk on Tuesday, December 2nd.

**Space is limited!** **Please obtain a “Pay-What-You-Can” ticket from Curiosity Café at [this link (click here)](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/curiosity-cafe-coincidence-tickets-1975582058117) to attend this event. You need a ticket to be admitted.** See the above link for more info about tickets and other options including a limited number of free tickets. Come and hang out with us, grab food, and read through our handout from 6-6:30pm. Our structured discussion will run from 6:30-8:30pm with a 10 minute break in the middle.

Hope to see you there!

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This event is brought to you by [Being and Becoming](https://beingnbecoming.org/), a Toronto based non-profit. We aim to create community around exploring everyday concepts and experiences so that we may live more intentional, thoughtful, and meaningful lives. We use philosophy as a tool with which we can come to a richer understanding of the world around us.

By offering activities, spaces, and other opportunities for conversation and co-exploration, we hope to enable the meeting and fusion of individuals and their ideas. Everyone is welcome, regardless of background: indeed, we believe the journey is best undertaken alongside explorers from a variety of disciplines, cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Find out more about Being and Becoming [here](https://beingnbecoming.org/).

About the Curiosity Café Series:

For those of you who haven’t had the opportunity to join us at our Curiosity Cafés and are wondering what they’re all about: every two weeks, we invite members of our community to come out to the Madison Avenue Pub to engage in a collaborative exploration of our chosen topic. Through these events, we aim to build our community of people who like to think deeply about life’s big questions, and provide each other with some philosophical tools to dig deeper into whatever it is we are most curious about.

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